Posted by Francis Kent on May 1, 2014, 12:26 pm, in reply to "Re: May Flowers"69.230.57.151

Happy birthday, John, and Happy First of May to all you other old sailors here. It's sobering to think of the fresh-faced boys i knew in uniform as gray and bent old men, but I have only to look in the mirror for confirmation that it's so. And, Gerry, don't think of being almost 90 as nearing the end. I prefer to think of it as closing in on the start of something better, and I'm sure many here share my belief.